The Seattle Times is seeking an experienced reporter to join our education team, which has done ambitious, groundbreaking work in the past two years with its Education Lab project. This reporter would be the team’s primary beat reporter, focusing on Seattle-area schools and state education policy.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience at a news organization and a proven track record of covering breaking news and developing enterprise and watchdog stories. We want a reporter who knows how to dig deep but can also write compelling stories for A1. Strong multi-media skills and experience covering education are big pluses.

Minimum Requirements:
•Must have a minimum of three years’ reporting experience in a news organization, with at least two years as a beat reporter.
•Undergraduate degree.
•Must have own vehicle with auto insurance for work-related visits to other sites or other reliable means of transportation available with little notice.

Application information:

To apply, submit the following materials on-line at https://rn22.ultipro.com/SEA1004/jobboard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=250
•Cover letter
•Resume
•Five samples of your reporting work, preferably attached as Word or PDF files. You are welcome to use URLs to link to your clips. To do so, collect the URLs in a single Word document and upload it.

NOTE: Attachments are uploaded on the same page where you upload your resume. After uploading the resume, use your back browser to return to the page and upload additional attachments. Please note: file size limit is 4MB (4,000KB).

If you are applying to more than one job, please use EDRPT as part of the naming convention for any file attachments you submit for the Education Reporter job.

Regrettably, we are unable answer a high volume of phone calls and emails. We respectfully request that you use the following email address for application assistance only:
stcom.resumes@seattletimes.com

No phone calls, please.


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